U18 World League

SOF
Spectators: 7519 (Terracing: 5640, Seating: 1729, VIP seats: 150) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Esteve Elequemedo got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd minute, Çerçiz Topulli left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The KF Ballistet fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Freddy Arias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Guximtar Kita, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. After 18 minutes Soflov FC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Çerçiz Topulli who took care of the corner kick. In the 19th minute Guximtar Kita shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Freddy Arias saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 21st minute, Fabian Lonzo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 25th minute, Klodian Nika left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The KF Ballistet fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Çerçiz Topulli recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 32nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After having played for 37 minutes, Guximtar Kita managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. KF Ballistet's supporters crossed their fingers, but Guximtar Kita was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Gilberto Barros hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Freddy Arias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Guximtar Kita in the 41st minute of the match. Freddy Arias took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Guximtar Kita, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

An unexpectedly hard shot by Esteve Elequemedo in the 51st minute of play forced KF Ballistet's goalkeeper Fotaq Strakosha to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 54 minutes into the game, Çerçiz Topulli cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Freddy Arias was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a rather tough play, Soflov FC's Jose Polentzi got a free kick in the 59th minute. Gilberto Barros kicked well hit freekick during the 61st minute of the match. With his leg Freddy Arias managed to avoid a goal in the 67thth minute, when KF Ballistet's Çerçiz Topulli fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Çerçiz Topulli's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Freddy Arias firmly grabbed it by the left post. Jose Polentzi hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. 73 minutes into the game, Bardhyl Muka was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. KF Ballistet's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Soflov FC the free kick. Jahmir Bato fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 79th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Freddy Arias having to interfere. Soflov FC's Freddy Arias proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save Soflov FC from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Çerçiz Topulli kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Freddy Arias. That made the score 0-6 in the 83 minute of play. Freddy Arias made a fantastic save in the 87th minute, when Çerçiz Topulli sent off a good shot on target. The KF Ballistet fans' excitement grew in the 96th match minute when KF Ballistet's Guximtar Kita looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 0-7 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. When the final whistle sounded KF Ballistet left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Soflov FC.